United Volleyball Conference
| Association | NCAA |
|---|---|
| Founded | August 31, 2010 |
| Commissioner | Chuck Mitrano (since 2010) |
| Sports fielded |
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| Division | Division III |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Headquarters | Rochester, New York |
| Official website | TheUVC.org |
The United Volleyball Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III men's volleyball conference located in the northeastern United States.[1] Formed in August 2010 with play starting in January 2011, the conference operates out of the same offices as the all-sports Empire 8 league, though the two remain separate entities.[2]
Teams
[edit]Current members
[edit]The league currently has 8 members.
Note that because NCAA men's volleyball is a spring sport, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of competition.
| Institution | Location | Founded | Joined | Type | Enrollment[a] | Nickname | Primary conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira College | Elmira, New York | 1855 | 2010 | Private | 1,170 | Soaring Eagles | Empire 8 |
| Hobart College | Geneva, New York | 1797 | 2024 | Episcopal | 905 | Statesmen | Liberty |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1861 | 2013 | Private | 4,602 | Engineers | NEWMAC |
| Nazareth University | Pittsford, New York | 1924 | 2010 | Private | 2,034 | Golden Flyers | Empire 8 |
| State University of New York at New Paltz (New Paltz) | New Paltz, New York | 1828 | 2010 | Public | 6,717 | Hawks | SUNYAC |
| New York University (NYU) | New York, New York | 1831 | 2010 | Private | 26,733 | Violets | UAA |
| St. John Fisher University | Rochester, New York | 1948 | 2017 | Private | 2,700 | Cardinals | Empire 8 |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, New York | 1861 | 2010 | Private | 2,450 | Brewers | Liberty |
- ^ Undergraduate enrollment.
Former members
[edit]| Institution | Location | Joined | Left | Type | Nickname | Current volleyball conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | 1860 | 2010 | Private | Raptors | NECC |
| D'Youville College | Buffalo, New York | 2010 | 2014 | Private | Spartans | AMCC |
| Hilbert College | Hamburg, New York | 2010 | 2014 | Private | Hawks | AMCC |
| Medaille College | Buffalo, New York | 2010 | 2014 | Private | Mavericks | None[a] |
| Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (Penn State Behrend) | Erie, Pennsylvania | 2011 | 2017 | Public–private hybrid | Lions | AMCC |
| The Sage Colleges (Sage)[b] | Albany, New York[c] | 2017 | 2020 | Private | Gators | NECC |
| Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) | Hoboken, New Jersey | 2010 | 2019 | Private | Ducks | MAC |
| State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNY IT)[d] | Marcy, New York | 2010 | 2013 | Public | Wildcats | NECC |
- ^ Medaille closed in August 2023.
- ^ The Sage Colleges, which were recognized by the UVC, NCAA, and the state of New York as a single institution, consolidated its three colleges as one and rebranded as Russell Sage College in July 2020. Russell Sage consisted of three components—the formerly women-only namesake college, the coeducational Sage College of Albany (SCA), and the Sage Graduate Schools. In the context of the UVC, Russell Sage's team consists predominantly of former SCA students, since SCA was the only RSC component that enrolled male undergraduates.
- ^ Russell Sage has campuses in both Albany and Troy, New York, but the former SCA operated only in Albany.
- ^ Merged into the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, aka SUNY Poly, in 2014. SUNY Poly inherited the former SUNY IT athletic program.
Championship history
[edit]| Season | Regular season | Tournament |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Stevens (East) Nazareth (West)[a] |
Nazareth |
| 2012 | NYU (East)[a] Medaille (West) |
Nazareth |
| 2013 | Nazareth | Nazareth |
| 2014 | Nazareth | New Paltz |
| 2015 | Stevens | Stevens |
| 2016 | New Paltz | New Paltz |
| 2017 | Vassar | NYU |
| 2018 | Stevens,[a] New Paltz | Stevens |
| 2019 | Stevens,[a] New Paltz | New Paltz |
| 2020 | None | Canceled |
| 2021 | New Paltz | Vassar |
| 2022 | New Paltz | St. John Fisher |
| 2023 | Vassar | Vassar |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "United Volleyball Conference". United Volleyball Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "United Volleyball Conference Forms; Begins Competition This Season" (PDF) (Press release). United Volleyball Conference. August 31, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2019.